The Nuremberg legacy : how the Nazi war crimes trials changed the course of history

"Norbert Ehrenfreund draws from his experience as a correspondent for The Stars and Stripes during the Nuremberg trials to deliver a fresh analysis of the precedents set there. Skillfully employing his legal background as a judge for the Superior Court of California, Ehrenfreund discusses contemporary courts' interpretations of Nuremberg legal doctrines and their effects on national and international law today. He reveals how the precedents set at Nuremberg continue to play a role in our daily lives, affecting human rights, race relations, medical practice, big business, and the modern war crimes trials of tyrants like Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam Hussein."--Jacket.Meer lezen...

Witness to the Holocaust --
The defining moment --
Who could be objective? --
The case unfolds --
Defending the indefensible --
Jackson vs. Goering : the title fight --
Jackson's breach of ethics --
Deliberations, verdicts, sentences --
The twelve other Nuremberg Trials --
Victims' rights --
Tokyo : almost a Nuremberg copy --
A giant step for human rights --
The impact on racial prejudice --
The importance of the record --
How Nuremberg changed medical ethics --
A new meaning of justice --
The International Criminal Court : Nuremberg offspring --
The effect of the Krupp Case on big business --
Nuremberg and the Supreme Court --
The trials of Saddam Hussein --
What happened to due process? --
Sabotage of the International Criminal Court.

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Sixty years after the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals, this book reveals how the precedents set at Nuremberg have affected human rights, race relations, medical practice, big business and Germany's post-war development. It also examines the Nuremberg trials' influence on the modern war crimes trials of Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam Hussein.Meer lezen...

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'Offers a compelling and original contribution to our understanding of the first international criminal tribunal in history.' - William Aceves, California Western School of Law, San Diego 'Judge Ehrenfreund's book is distinguished by a combination of elegant writing and a deep understanding of the subject. This is essential reading for anyone interested in Nuremberg.' - Henry T. King, Jr., former Nuremberg prosecutor and author of The Two Worlds of Albert Speer 'This book describes the horror of the Nazi genocide, and my life as one of the Untermenschen Hitler sought to exterminate but what is different about this work is that Judge Ehrenfreund tells what that experience means for modern times.' - Lou Dunst, Holocaust survivor, Auschwitz and Mauthausen (Ebensee) concentration camps "This readable eyewitness account -- combining fascinating anecdotes with brilliant insights -- will educate and inspire. It is as relevant today, as we confront a new form of totalitarian terrorism and can only hope that we be able to bring its perpetrators to justice under the Nuremberg principle." - Alan M. Dershowitz, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law Harvard Law School "The Nuremberg trials hold many lessons in justice and human rights that resonate today. From his unique vantage point as an eyewitness to the trials and as a Judge, Norbert Ehrenfreund sends out a clear warning about the direction our nation is taking but also gives us hope with this refreshing new take on the founding principles of justice as we know it." - Senator Christopher J. Dodd "Part memoir, part history lesson, and part critique of recent U.S. government policies, this important book recounts the story of the Nuremberg trials and their immense legacy in shaping human rights policies today. A timely, well-researched, and well-written study." - Jonathan D. Sarna, Joseph H.& Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University and author of American Judaism: A History "Pertinent, thorough overview...a tremendous case for adhering to the Nuremberg legacy of fair treatment for even the most odious offenders. Students and young adults will especially value this accessible, personable work." Kirkus ReviewsMeer lezen...

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